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GARTER.

SPECIFICATION forming1 part of Letters Patent No. 665,430, dated January8, 1901.

Application filed March 21, 1900. Serial No. 9,485. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB GUMP, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Baltimore city, in the State of Maryland,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garters, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to a garter intended for use by men to supportshort hose, and has for its object a form of garter of a single piece ofelastic webbing which will encircle the leg just above the calf with anydesired degree of tension and has a pendent portion to which thehose-grip device is attached.

In the drawings, Figure l represents the garter in the position which itwill occupy when in use. Fig. 2 represents the plate by which thewebbing is folded and turned from a horizontal to a vertical position.

Referring to Fig. 2, the plate l is made preferably with two parallelsides and two sides which converge toward one another and is providedwith four slots 2, 3, 4, and 5. The slot 2 is parallel and adjacent tothe longer of the two parallel sides and is provided at each end with acircular enlargement 6 6. The slot 5 on the opposite end of the plateand adjacent to the other parallel side is merely a keeper for a hook 7attached to the free end of the garter. The slots 3 and 4. are adjacentto the other two sides of the plate, but converge toward one another ata somewhat greater angle than the sides of the plate. They are each alsoprovided at their ends with circular enlargements 6 6, like slot 2.

8 is the web of which the garter is formed, which is passed through theslot 2 behind the plate and forward through the slot 3, then across theplate and backward through the slot 4. These slots are so located inrelation to one another that they will turn the web practically a rightangle. They are each enlarged, preferably at both ends, and thisenlargement is an essential element of my invention.

Most elastic webbing is made with a somewhat thicker edge than thecentral portion, and it is essential, therefore, if the web is to besaved from being cut by the ends of the slots, that those ends should beenlarged. As tension is applied to the web it will be drawn into theconverging ends of the slots 2 and 3, respectively, and would jam inthose ends and be torn when pulled through the slots for adjustment orby the usual strain on the web when in use. This is avoided by enlargingthe ends of the slots, so as to provide accommodation for the thickeredge as well as the forcing of the web into the converging ends of theslots.

7 is a hook secured to the end of the web 8, and 9 is a slide for theadjustment of the length of the garter. 10 is a hose-grip secured to theend of the pendent portion of the web.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a garter, the combination of a plate provided with a series ofslots, the ends of which are enlarged, and a web threaded through saidslots.

2. In a garter the combination of a plate provided with three slotsforming together a triangle, said slots being enlarged at theirconverging ends, in combination with a web threaded through said slots,substantially as described.

Signed by me at Baltimore, Maryland, this 17th day of March, 1900.

JACOB GUMP.

